The answer to this Twitter trivia question from yesterday? 7
Gaborik, Marian 10/6/2000
Dupuis, Pascal 04/02/2001
Wallin, Rickard 12/12/2002
McMillan, Carson 04/03/2011
Rau, Chad 01/21/2012
Granlund, Mikael 01/19/2013
Joel Eriksson Ek 10/22/16
If you get the Center Ice package, Devan Dubnyk will be Scott Oake's After Hours guest on Hockey Night in Canada. If you have questions for Dubnyk, tweet @scottoake.
This being Feb. 4, all goalies, including Dubnyk, have to debut their slimmed-down pants. Sarcastically, Dubnyk said, "Very excited."
"It's done now," he said. "They feel fine. I won't think twice about it. I already tried to have a choice. I don't get a choice. I've had four or five practices in them. They spent significant time in the steam room, and they're ready to go."
Incidentally, Dubnyk has been working in during recent practices a new green mask that he'll debut when the Wild next wears green sweaters at home, Wednesday against the Chicago Blackhawks.
Check out yesterday's blog for the lines, etc (Nate Prosser and Jordan Schroeder are tonight's scratches), but the Wild, 1-1 on a four-game trip, returns to the scene where it blew a two-goal lead Nov. 29, gave up four straight goals, rallied to tie and still lost in regulation.
Wednesday in Calgary, the Wild lost for the first time in regulation on the road since, snapping a 14-game point streak. The 5-1 loss was its most lopsided defeat of the season. The Canucks are 3-4-3 in their past 10.